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Abstract

A novel multiband microstrip patch antenna (Antenna-1) is introduced in this paper to target the frequencies of interest required for RF energy harvesting applications, including mobile DCS (Digital Cellular System), mobile LTE (Long Term Evolution), mobile 5G, WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network), and WIMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) services. The simulated results for the proposed antenna showed outstanding performance. The antenna supports a high number of total (11) eleven operating frequencies and covers all of the frequencies of the 2.4 GHz (IEEE 802.11) band, as well as the downlink frequencies of mobile DCS 1800 and the downlink frequencies for mobile LTE/5G (Band 68). The proposed antenna has achieved a high gain for most of its resonating frequencies, with a high gain of (4.49 dBi) at the frequency of (2.4527 GHz), and a peak gain of (6.349 dBi) at the frequency of (3.95 GHz). Furthermore, the proposed antenna achieved a high bandwidth capacity of (677 MHz) at the resonating frequency of (5.2 GHz), which covers a lot of frequencies utilized by WLAN, WIMAX, and mobile LTE services, making it a suitable antenna for radio frequency energy harvesting applications. Good agreement between the measured and simulation results was observed.

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